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In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, a woman was pulled over for failing to signal at a turn on Loyola Lane. A deputy noticed a joint in her hand while he was talking to her. He handcuffed her and put her in the back of his car while he talked to her passengers. As the deputy was chatting with them, the woman found a way to get to the steering wheel, and, still...

Not to be outdone by the federal agents who recently seized nearly $37 million worth of cocaine at the border, Austin SWAT descended upon a purported crack house house containing crack in the wee morning hours today, according to the Statesman. After a lengthy investigation that began back in July, members of the Travis County Sheriff's Crime Suppression Unit, together with the SWAT team, broke into 2019 E. Third St -- conveniently located near...

According to the Statesman's Blotter (a cool feature over on their site) the Travis County Sheriff's Office, in cooperation with TABC, set up a sting operation in hopes of busting minors. And for the first time in the history of said operations (a one year-old program), no minors were busted. Sheriff's department officials say this proves the stings are working to curb underage drinking. Sure it is. Whatever helps you eat doughnuts sleep at night. More likely, kids are just getting hip to the Sheriff's jive and going elsewhere. Hey, it's what we did as kids. (Of course, none of our statements are meant to condone underage drinking. And, in fact, we think underage binge drinking has become quite a scourge. Check out this 2002 program from the Diane Rehm show about college kids and booze if you don't believe us.)

You might want to think twice before starting that ignition after tossing back a few at your holiday parties this season - the police department announced yesterday that they're increasing traffic enforcement efforts for the next few weeks as Austin prepares to celebrate the winter holidays. Specifically targeted are "drunken, aggressive and erratic drivers," who were largely responsible for last winter's increased traffic fatality count - 8 occured between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day....

The Travis County Wellness Committee, in association with the Austin Runners Club, is hosting the second annual Brown Santa 5K Run/Walk and Kids K. The Brown Santa races will be held at the Travis County Exposition Center and proceeds will benefit the Brown Santa program.